Corporate
Corporate Philosophy
Pursue both physical
comforts and
psychological satisfaction
for all employees,
and increase
business valuation
through providing
added-value technology,
then contribute to
society progress.
Message from President
Our industry is day-by-day progress. New technologies are born one after another.
To survive, creating added-value technologies is the utmost importance.
Since its inspection, our company objective is "create something no one can see ever" by small numbers-exceptonal talent.
Hakodate is not advantageous location to run this business.
However, we continuously make our effort to slove customers issues and contribute further business development with accumulated knowledge and technology by employees who truly love Hakodate.
We keep improving our technologies and capabilities for customers high satisfaction though many challenges by working together with customers.
We appreciate your continuous support.
CEO Naohide Yabuki
Company Info
| Company Name | Explorer Inc. |
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| Establishment | March 25, 1992 |
| Capital | 13million yen |
| President | Naohide Yabuki |
| Shareholder | MINATO HOLDINGS INC. 99.6％(www.minato.co.jp)
(Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market, Stock Code：6862) |
| Employees | 46 staffs |
| Accounting Period | December 31 |
| Bank Reference | MICHINOKU BANK Mihara Branch MIZUHO BANK Hakodate Branch HOKUYO BANK Hakodate Chuou Branch HOKKAIDO BANK Hakodate Ekimae Branch |
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Access
Head Office
| Address | HakodateTechnoPark,379-22 Kikyo-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido, 041-0801 Japan |
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| TEL | +81(138)47-7604 |
| FAX | +81(138)47-7614 |
| Access to our office |
30 minutes by car from Hakodate Airport. 20 minutes by car from Hakodate Station. 20 minutes on foot from Kikyo Station. |
Kanto Office
| Address | Shin-Yokohama West BLDG. 2-3-3 Shin-Yokohama Kouhoku-ku Yokohama, Japan 222-0033 |
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| TEL | +81(138)47-7604 |
| Access to our office |
5 minutes on foot from Shin-Yokohama station |
Company History
| 1992 | March 25, Establishment of Explorer in Hakodate |
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| 1995 | Started to stepper design work of Canon |
| 1996 | Started to design of X-ray imaging apparatus |
| 1998 | Relocate head office to Kikyo-cho |
| 2000 | Started to speech processor design work of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd |
| 2001 | Our company is a recognized 3rd party partner in DSP designs by ADI. |
| November, Extension to Office | |
| 2003 | Introduce Multi-processor board. |
| 2004 | Introduce SDI board. |
| December, Extension to Office | |
| 2005 | Development of? three-dimensional image reconstruction device of X-ray CT |
| 2006 | Commercialization of JPEG2000 codec equipment（Achieve low delay time number one in JPEG2000 product.） |
| 2008 | Commercialization of the H.264 codec |
| 2009 | Commercialized version of Rate control function codec the world's first by cooperation with NHK |
| 2010 | Developed 8K Super Hi-Vision codec equipment by contract design from KDDI R & D Laboratories |
| 2011 | Developed 8K Super Hi-Vision recorder by contract design from KDDI R & D Laboratories |
| 2012 | H.264Codec : AAC compatible version commercialization |
| Became a wholly owned subsidiary of PALTEK | |
| 2013 | "H.265 codec devices practical development rate control function equipped with 4K-aware" was adopted was adopted "innovation commercialization venture support project" by NEDO |
| 2014 | "Hybrid delivery device according to the ultra-low delay 8K corresponding HEVC-ECF" was adopted "innovation commercialization venture support project" by NEDO |
